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Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow

Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Hunting in the Munster Valley, designed by Henri Lebert, engraved by Jean-Jacques (Casimir) Karpff, manufactured by Hartmann, Munster, 1818 (made)

Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, H.L., Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, vol. 3, plate 27, 1806

Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) cropped from a photo by Yellow-Red7, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Common Names: Weeping Willow, Babylon Willow
Description: Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) is a member of the Willow Family (Salicaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed.2, vol. 5, p. 356 stated this plant was first cultivated in Britain in 1692, and erroneously stated it was native to the Levant. We now know it originated in northern China.

Quilts with this Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) motif:

None known at this time

Printed cotton with this Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) motif:

Victoria and Albert Museum, Chasse dans la vallée de Munster (Hunting in the Munster Valley), designed by Henri Lebert, engraved by Jean-Jacques (Casimir) Karpff, manufactured by Hartmann, Munster, Accession Number T.23-1963, Toiles de Jouy, Classic Les toiles imprimees en France de 1760 a 1830 (London: V&A Publishing, 2010), pp. 117, 1818 (made)

More Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) Motifs

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Quilt with a Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) motif different from that above:

The Poos Collection, Fountain and Swan Center Medallion Quilt, Chintz Quilts from the Poos Collection, p. 128, c. 1830

Printed cottons with a Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) motif different from either of those above:

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Numbers 1969.3274, 1979.0058.014, 1825-1835
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Number 1969.3275, 1850-1870 (This listing and the previous one are dated as shown on the Winterthur online collection search (http://museumcollection.winterthur.org) at the time this entry was written. However, on page 331 of Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850 by Linda Eaton they are listed as different colorways of the same print and dated 1840s.)